Cape Town weather advisories: Flood alerts issued for Tuesday

Raincoats at the ready, Capetonians: Flood alerts have been issued for Tuesday, according to SAWS and the Cape Town weather forecast.

A barrage of rain is expected to hit the south-west on Tuesday, with the Cape Town weather forecast now anticipating more downpours than initially predicted over the weekend. Heavy rain and flood alerts have been issued by the SA Weather Service, and although every drop of rain benefits the drought-threatened region, it could still cause chaos.

Cape Town weather forecast for Tuesday

The rain is expected to land just after 8:00 before it intensifies about midday. Intermittent showers will persist in the evening, adding to the volume of precipitation that’s due to make landfall. The experts are now suggesting that 50mm of rain could be recorded in some areas of the province.

There is a chance of rainfall accumulations reaching 50mm in the mountainous regions, hence the Watch.Watch:04/06/2019 12h00 TO:04/06/2019 23h00 Heavy rain- expected over the mountainous regions of the Overberg, southern Cape Winelands and the Cape Metropole on Tuesday.

Flood alerts for Cape Town on 4 May 2019

As well as SAWS’ generic weather watch, heavy rain and flood alerts will be implemented for four regions of the Cape in total. These will be in force from 14:00 on Tuesday, before finally ending at 21:00 on the same day.

City of Cape Town

Drakenstein / Paarl

Stellenbosch

Theewaterskloof / Grabouw

Flood alerts in place for Tuesday – Photo: Saws

Drivers, commuters and residents in the affected areas should take extra care on their journeys. There will also be some patches of rain on Wednesday, but they will be much lighter than the deluges forecast over the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, a “weather warning” is an alert calling for the reaction due to a very high certainty of a severe weather hazard which is already occurring or imminent within 24 hours, and that could lead to disruptive and disastrous conditions. No severe warnings have yet been issued for the Western Cape.